Cigarette-box.



MQKARP.

CIGARETTE BOX.

APPLICATION FILED OCT- 28.1915.

Patented Au 7, 1917.

the contents'at one .end .to be lifted from monms mar, on rn'ssnxc,INEWHJEBSEY, 'nssrenon TO-PASSAIC iun'mr. wAR'rrcoM- i IPANY, orrnssnic, NEW JnnsEY, 'A CORPORATION on NEW annsmr.

' cleansers-Box.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORRIS zen of the United .States, and resident of vPassaic, in'thecounty of Passaic and State 'Boxes, of whichthe followingis a specification.

7 Where delicate articles, such as cigarettes and cigars, are placed incontainers or boxes in a loose manner, the user, must be careful whenpicking out-such articlesnot to. injure the same. j

' The'object of my invention isto provide a container or:- box] withmeans to cause the bottom of the container in position for ready-access-.by the user when the cover .or lidhas been opened.

In carrying out my invention I provide a container or box having a coveror lid with a movable member within the container or box upon which aportion of the contents may liewhen the cover or lid is closed, and

means coactive between said member and said cover or lid.to cause saidmember to rise and lift the adjacent ends of. articles.

' thereon from the bottom of the container or'boxin position to enablethe ends of-said articles'conveniently to be grasped. My'invention.further comprises novel details of improvement and combinations-ofparts.that will be more fully I hereinafter. set forth and then pointed outin the claims. I

Reference is to be had to the accompany drawings forming part hereof,wherein,

igure' 1 is a perspective view of a conthi b d my invention, sho n tsamein-the- .opened position,

'2 "is-a cross section on the line 2, 2,

- Fig. '5 a, detail perspective-view of the] 'movable member of thecontainer.

- any The container or box 1 may be'made in ;'-to box ;1-, s o -as'to[fold relatively-thereto. I have 'show'n ;the hinge 'ipin'. or pintle-3 I 5 interposed between the. hinge members or the box and cover inanxordinary ye 4 o Within box; Lisamovably sup- Specificationof-Iietters Ifatent.

KARr, a citi- I have provided coactin member 5 and cover'2. n the form'illus-. trated the member 5 is shown provided with a hinge portioncomprising an extension 'dina'ry manner, but'certain of their ends againnest snugly thereon.-;

suitablemannen'and is shown in the "011,119 of "afishallowboxadapted-,tofcontan} cigarettes. The cover for-"11d; 2f is h nged inthe details of; construction and :ai'ran "ments of parts, withintheiscope' '0ftl le "fl ported member 5, "shown extending across the boxand adapted to rest upon thebottom Patented Aug. 7, 1917; a lication men(lctober 2 1915. Serial No. 58,405.

of thebox, withthe articles or cigarettes 6 resting at one end upon saidmember. Memher 5 isshown pivotally supportdwithin box 1- and adapted tobe raised by the coverwhen the latter is opened.- For such purpose partsbetween 5* having an eye"5"-receiving pin'or pintle I 3, wherebysaidmember. is hinged to the box. ,fGover2 'is shown providedwith aprojection 2 adapted to pass through an opening 1 'in'the box walll",that has'the to operate member 51 when the. cover is invention, themember 5 will be depressed in the box'when the cover is closed, andj jthe articles 6 will rest in the box in'an orwill be upon member 5, asillustrated in hinge members 4. Projection '2 isadapted Fig. 4. When thecover is opened to a sufii cient extent, its projection 2*, by passingthrough opening 1 of the box wall, will engagethepart 5 of member 5'andwill cause said member to be moved outwardly 'or upwardly on its hinge,whereby the adj acent ends of articles 6- will be raised from the-bottomof the box, as illustrated in Fig. 2, inconvenient position to enablethe user to. apply his finger to the adjacent end of such an article, inorder readily to grasp down toward lid is closed member 5"swings h 1 6 te artic es the bottom of the. .boxan -While I havereferred-jtofcigarettes and cigars,- for which; the container is;particube adapted to containany {I have illustrated a convenient .formof con-j J tainer as a receptacle forfi'cigarettes, it will be{understood that changes may-,b'em'a pendedclaims, without departingfrom th spirit of my mvention. i 21- injured when roughly-handled.Although:

or liftthe same out of the box. When the larly' a apted, it will beunderstood that the "container may other :desired articles, and hasparticular reference to containing articles liable to'be J Having nowdescribed my invention what I claim is 1. A' container having a pivotedcover, a member within said container adapted to permit articles to restthereon, means pivotally supporting said member within said container atthe same end as the cover, and a projection on the cover to pass throughan openin in the container adjacent the pivotal polnts of both. to causethe cover to raise said member and articles thereon by the opening ofsaid cover. 7

2. A container having a movable cover, a

member in said container adapted to permit articles to restthereon,.said member having an extension provided with an eye, a pincarried by said container receiving said eye, said cover being rovidedwith a projection extension, said container having an opening for. thereception of said projection to'permit it to engage said extension whensaid cover is opened.

3. A containerhaving a wall provided with an opening, a movable coverhinged to said container, said cover having a proaesme jection adapted.to pass through said opening, a member within said container adapted topermit articles to rest thereon, said member being pivotally supportedby said container and having a portion adapted to be engaged by saidprojection to raise said member and articles when the cover is opened. I

4. A container having a wall provided with an opening, a cover, hingemembers supporting said cover upon said container, said cover having aprojection adapted to pass through said opening, and a member withinsaid container adapted to permit articles to rest thereon, said memberhaving a hinge portion mounted upon one of the

